Minerals 1
True or False:
The color of a mineral and the color of it’s streak are always the same
What is false?
This characteristic of a mineral means that minerals are formed from materials that were not a part of living things
What is an inorganic?
Describes how light is reflected from a mineral’s surface
What is luster?
On Mohs scale of hardness, what mineral is ranked 10, the hardest.
What is diamond?
The color of a minerals powder is called this
What is streak?
True or False:
All rocks have different chemical compositions.
What is true?
This term describes how a mineral looks when it breaks apart in an irregular way
What is fracture?
On Mohs hardness scale, a mineral that is ranked 6, can scratch which other numbers?
What is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6?
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What city does Monsters, Inc. take place in?
What is Monstropolis?
A solid that is formed from a repeating pattern of a mineral’s particles; having flat sides (faces) that meet at sharp edges and corners
What is a crystal?
This is used to rank the hardness of minerals using a ranking system from 1 to 10
What is the Mohs hardness scale?
Metallic and non-metallic can describe this characteristic of a mineral
What is Luster?
To be classified as a mineral, the substance must say yes to how many questions?
What is 4?
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The main character in A Bugs Life name is?
Who is Flik?
A mineral that splits easily along flat surfaces has this property, which is uncommon for minerals
(ex. Mica)
What is cleavage?
The two terms that describe how a mineral breaks
What are cleavage and fracture?
The characteristics of minerals are that 1) it is naturally occurring, 2) it is a solid, 3) it has a crystal structure, 4) it has a definite chemical composition and 5) ?
What is “forms by inorganic processes”?
True or False:
2 pieces of the same mineral have the same chemical composition.
What is true.
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Where did Michael Jordan go to college?
What is University of North Carolina?
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Whose feelings are displayed in the movie Inside Out?
Who is Riley?